Memory and Power at L'Hermitage Plantation by Megan M. Bailey - 9780813080390

Memory and Power at L'Hermitage PlantationHeritage of a Nervous Landscape\nAuthor(s): Megan M. Bailey\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Florida, United States\nImprint: University Press of Florida\nISBN-13: 9780813080390, 978-0813080390\nSynopsis\nIn this book, Megan Bailey uses archaeological data and historical records to document the treatment of enslaved people at LHermitage Plantation in Maryland from 1794 to 1827. Bailey uses the concept of the nervous landscape-a space where power is not absolute and where resistance is possible-to show how the Vincendire familys fear of losing control of their workforce drove their brutality.\n\nBailey shows how the Vincendires strategies to maintain their power were inscribed in the plantations landscapes through the design of the enslaved peoples village, which maximized surveillance and control while suppressing individuality. Despite the familys behavior, enslaved people found ways to exercise agency, including through u.